LOS ANGELES -- Matthew Perry, who last year made a big splash in the Century City condo market, has quietly decamped from his sleek perch in the Bird Streets. The actor of "Friends" fame has sold his home in the Hollywood Hills West neighborhood known for its bird-named streets in an off-market deal for $12.5 million.

Across the United States, more than 1.5 million nonprofit organizations engage in remarkable work to transform lives, communities and the planet. Unfortunately, these organizations currently face a wide range of growing pressures.

Consider these facts:

--In 2013, nonprofit organizations employed more than 10.6 percent of the workforce (14.4 ...Read more

The nasty secret of being a new entrepreneur is that your tax bill might be way higher than you'd imagine.

When you're driving for Uber, delivering for Amazon, picking up freelance jobs or otherwise participating in the gig economy, you aren't working for a boss who is required to withhold taxes from a regular paycheck. As a result, you're ...Read more

Q: Our neighbors have planted a hedge about a foot over our property line. We have approached them several times asking that they move the hedge onto their property, but they won't. What can we do now? -- Kathryn

A: You already started the right way by trying to speak with your neighbors about the problem and are smart to be concerned about ...Read more

One of the most exciting parts of buying a brand-new home is picking out the cabinets, flooring, fixtures and finishes to make it your own. Going into a designer showroom is like being a kid in a candy shop, and there's a lot to choose from.

Homebuyers need to keep in mind, however, that it all comes with a price tag, and the model home that ...Read more

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A rate lock is a commitment by a mortgage lender to lend a stated amount to a specified borrower posting a specified property as collateral, at a stipulated interest rate and points. An important proviso is that the loan must be closed within a specified "lock period," which is usually 15 to 60 days. The lock protects the applicant against the ...Read more

A rate lock is a commitment by a mortgage lender to lend a stated amount to a specified borrower posting a specified property as collateral, at a stipulated interest rate and points. An important proviso is that the loan must be closed within a specified "lock period," which is usually 15 to 60 days. The lock protects the applicant against the ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Facebook, which has doubled the size of its workforce in Seattle in two years, has started moving into the second of four buildings the social-networking firm will be leasing in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood.

The inaugural workers in the office, members of Facebook's infrastructure team, didn't have to go far. The new digs,...Read more

LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Los Gatos has planned for homes and commercial development on the site of the last orchard in town for more than two decades. But even with willing investors, millions spent in project costs, more than 100 community meetings and a lawsuit by developers, not a single house or shop has been built.

PHILADELPHIA -- No, Philadelphia's millennial transplants haven't run off to the suburbs just yet.

Researchers have been curious about what's happening to the young people who moved to the city from 2005 to 2016 -- a 41 percent hike, bigger than that experienced by any of the 10 other largest U.S. metropolises.

CHESTER, Pa. -- Becky MacDicken loves to educate Pennyslvanians on personal finance, credit reports and scores, and her audience embraces her classes -- especially the inmates at the Department of Correction's SCI Chester prison, many of whom have never opened a bank account, instead storing their cash savings in a safe or under the mattress.

Q: Why is it that community associations don't allow trucks or commercial vehicles to be parked in driveways overnight? This country is made up of small businesses that service these communities. It does not make sense that a homeowner can't even have a pickup truck! -- Terry

A: Many people decide to live in planned communities to have their ...Read more